different between decypher vs decipher
decypher
English
Etymology
As decipher, but retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra.
Verb
decypher (third-person singular simple present decyphers, present participle decyphering, simple past and past participle decyphered)
- Alternative spelling of decipher
Derived terms
- decyphered
Noun
decypher (plural decyphers)
- Alternative spelling of decipher
Anagrams
- cyphered
decypher From the web:
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decipher
English
Alternative forms
- decypher
Etymology
As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sa?f?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a?f?(r)
Verb
decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered)
- (transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
- (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
- (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.
Derived terms
Related terms
- decrypt
Translations
Noun
decipher (plural deciphers)
- A decipherment; a decoding.
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
- I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here […]
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
Anagrams
- ciphered
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- what deciphers a fruit from a vegetable
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